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The Nigerian Army says troops responding to credible information disrupted an attempted kidnapping on Kabba-Ayere Road in Kogi State and rescued 11 passengers across two days. Three injured people were evacuated for medical attention; the account offers evidence of a successful intervention, not an end to the wider threat.
Source: Premium Times
Read the original story →In an Institute of Mental Health study, 70% of 21 participants with treatment-resistant depression responded within a month of receiving personalised transcranial magnetic stimulation. The treatment is now offered at Singapore’s National University Hospital, providing another option for some patients whose depression has resisted treatment, though response does not necessarily mean remission.
Source: The Straits Times
Read the original story →Mozambique has established the Mount Mabu Community Conservation Area, giving formal protection to 23,000 acres of richly biodiverse forest. The decree provides for conservation and sustainable use by local communities, though a community management plan is still being developed.
Source: Good News Network
Read the original story →More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese with Temporary Protected Status will retain deportation protections and work authorization for now, the Department of Homeland Security said. The announcement preserves their ability to keep working, but does not establish how long those safeguards will last.
Source: Michigan Advance
Read the original story →Japan has launched its Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft to investigate Mars’s two moons and collect material from Phobos for return to Earth in 2031. If successful, the samples could help explain how both moons formed and offer clues to Mars’s early history.
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
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